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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 05-04-24, 12:35 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Our Vaillant condensing boiler was installed in 1996, has stainless steel heat exchanger and is still going strong. It is on its third fan but only because flue was installed wrong.. They fitted it...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 30-03-24, 06:24 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

The only thing you can do is lower the footpeg... Or crank the lever out a bit
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 13-02-24, 08:49 AM
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Re: What have you tinkered with today?

The 'water absorbing ethanol contaminated fuel' we get these days had been in SV since October, and although I use petrol stability preservative ( StaBil ) I thought a good idea to get my Sealey...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 11-02-24, 02:10 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

@glang A couple of years after I got my SV650 AL7 in 2016 I fitted an electrex world RR851 'series' regulator ( I had fitted LED headlight bulb and obviously they take a lot less power than the...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 21-10-23, 10:07 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

That would be Bushbury Crem ? Yeah, quite secure and far out of town.
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 21-10-23, 08:47 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Sorry about your mate Gary, good mates are hard to come by, but if you are going to Wolverhampton take your biggest lock and chain.
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 12-04-22, 04:35 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Well the pin and side plate still take the force even on a riveted chain, all the split link clip is there for is to stop the pins working their way sideways out of the chain... When you get a DID...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 07-02-22, 08:53 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

I use a loctite 248 9G blue stick, easy to apply and lasts ages in toolbox and will not spill... One thing is that stainless bolts are not proper hi-tensile because putting carbon into stainless...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 06-02-22, 08:18 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Molybdenum disulphide ( Moly ) is a good one, so molycote, molygrease etc, moly is a fantastic high strength lubricant. I add 2% Liqui-moly to engine oil in bikes with wet clutches ( which is OK...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 06-02-22, 04:08 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Stainless steel threads also like 'galling' ( welding themselves into the hole )

https://www.essentracomponents.com/en-gb/news/product-resources/how-to-prevent-galling-on-stainless-steel-bolts
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 08-01-22, 02:06 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

A 'series' type R/R will give the new stator an easier life, instead of demanding full power from the stator all the time and shunting unwanted power to earth ( hence the name 'shunt' which is...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 29-11-21, 05:57 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Modern M&S tyres don't have the huge tread pattern like something the army would use ( all terrain tyres ) - they are no noisier than summer tyres. AFAIK speed ratings for modern winter tyres are...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 29-11-21, 05:52 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Yeah, messing with pieces of metal in cold conditions just sucks the heat out of fingers, and you can't really wear gloves and do fiddly stuff. I am waiting to spray paint some stuff but no when...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 22-11-21, 06:44 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

With many cars fitted with pressure sensors in the wheels now to monitor tyre pressure and the expense and faff of getting extras sensors and having them reprogrammed every year many people now just...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 22-11-21, 06:35 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Same here, the swingarm removal bobbins on my AL7 have been on 3 years now, leave them there all the time, it is actually easier to get the bike on the stand with bobbins fitted... Also use front...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 22-11-21, 06:28 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Swapped Civic summers and Alloys for Nokian winters on steel rims a few weeks ago, will do her indoors Jazz tomorrow. Winter is hard on alloys and if it does snow winter tyres are just totally...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 07-09-21, 08:10 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Yeah, I had a DRZ400-SM 2006 model, impossible to get started and running in spring until I started using redex over winter, and if you did not remember to turn manual fuel tap off when bike parked...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 06-09-21, 08:29 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Fitted one of these series regulators to my SV last year, very happy with it ( fitted voltmeter at same time ) have been monitoring charge voltage ( voltmeter connected straight to battery terminals...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 02-09-21, 12:50 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Look at bottom of page 1 in this link - there is also a photo ( PDF file ) attached showing seat cover on the AL7, as i said bit of sewing and a couple of strips of metal to make a clip to keep...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 02-09-21, 09:40 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Even the SV is more capable than I am these days, I did narrow it down to Street Triple and SV when I was buying a new bike in 2016, but had to bear in mind the amount of use bike would get, which...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 02-09-21, 08:10 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

The good old SV is beginning to look better by the day.... My only gripe with my AL7 was the seat, but did an 100 miler yesterday to try out new seat cover and found the seat 100% better, not bad for...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 09-07-21, 05:57 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

+1


Never prefilled any oil filter, car, bike or Landrover
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 02-07-21, 07:58 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

You need an injection of Tawny owl stem cells ( other owls are available ), then you may get 360 degree neck movement ;)


I think pushbikes should require rear view mirrors as well, if only to...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 06-06-21, 04:58 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

In these times a seal that starts to weep for no reason is gonna need counseling from a member of the victim alliance industry... who will tell you that weeping for no reason makes the seal a...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 22-05-21, 12:50 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Is there another way to get vehicle fuel, yes there is.... Is there another way to get ethanol to drink, no not really. The Ethanol for Biofuel that western countries use is mainly grown on land...
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